Race and Ethnicity - Sociology 130 Race and...

Sociology 130January 31, 2008Race and Ethnicity-Shrinking white majority/growing diversity-Race:-Common phenotypical traits?•Attempts to classify races biologically fail•Greater differences within the races than distinctions between them-After lines drawn socially, traits become identified and labeled•E.g. African slaves becoming “black”•Subsequent meaning can be added on to the term later-Changing definitions over time•National origin is the race (cannot officially change)•E.g. Italian, Jewish, English races (1900)oRace and national origin were essentially the same to these immigrantsoCategories shifted so that they all became “white”•Asian nations as different races? (2000)oBased on national origin (e.g. Korean, Chinese, etc.)-Changing definition of “black”•Original, legal definition: “one-drop rule”oAnyone with some African ancestry is black, i.e. not free in this time•Mulattos, Quadroons, Octoroons, etc. (1800s)oBased on the composition of people’s parentage

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